阅读理解寒假训练(4)阅读理解InStockholm,theSwedishAcademyhaschosentheBritishauthorDorisLessingforthe2007NobelPrizeinLiterature
TheselectionofDorisLessingforaNobelwaspopularamongthehundredsofjournalistsgatheredfortheannouncementinStockholm
PermanentSecretaryoftheSwedishAcademyHoraceEngdahlsaidwithskepticism,fireandvisionarypowerLessinghassubjectedadividedcivilizationtoscrutiny
DorisLessingwasbornin1919inPersia-modern-dayIran-toBritishparents,movingasachildwithherfamilytosouthernRhodesia,nowZimbabwe,whereshestayedinschoolonlytotheageof14
AyearaftermovingtoLondon,shepublishedherfirstnovelin1950
TheGrassisSingingexaminesunbridgeableracialconflictincolonialAfricathroughtheeyesofawhitefarmer'swifeandherblackservant
AmemberoftheBritishCommunistPartyduringthe1950sandacampaigneragainstnucleararmsandSouthAf